STILL LIBERAL, BUT LESS SO

President Nixon will face a Senate that retains its Democratic majority
and liberal bent, though both in membership and temperament it has
undergone a slight shift to the right. The Republicans gained a net of
at least four seats, reducing the Democrats' edge from 63-37 to
59-41—or perhaps even 58-42. The G.O.P. picked up seats in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Maryland, Arizona and Oklahoma, and was
close to another in Oregon. The Democrats toppled Republicans in
California and Iowa. The new Senate will be a little more...